For their contributions to Cal State Fullerton and professional achievements, five business and education leaders have been selected as recipients of the 2026 Vision & Visionaries distinguished alumni awards.
The accolade is the university’s highest honor bestowed upon alumni and community supporters. With more than 344,000 CSUF alumni, the award has only been presented to 160 recipients since 1994.
Kristin Crellin ’95 (B.A. history)
Distinguished Alumna Award
As senior vice president of community and membership development at SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, Crellin has made an impact on school employees and their families.
Crellin earned a bachelor’s degree in history in 1995, with her husband and son also earning degrees at CSUF. She is a member of the Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Board of Governors and served on the College of Education’s Dean’s Advisory Board.
She is also chair of the California State University Foundation Board of Governors, which represents 22 CSU campuses, and is a past president of the CSUF Alumni Association.
Robin Holmes-Sullivan ’86, ’90 (B.A., M.A. psychology)
Distinguished Alumna Award
In July 2022, Holmes-Sullivan was selected to lead Lewis & Clark College. She is the first woman and first person of color in the college’s 155-year history to serve as president.
As a student-athlete at CSUF, Holmes-Sullivan was a four-year starting point guard for the NCAA Division I women’s basketball team. She graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology and went on to earn a doctorate in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology in 1992.
During her career, Holmes-Sullivan held numerous leadership roles, including serving as vice president for student affairs for the 10-campus University of California system. She also spent 25 years at the University of Oregon, ultimately serving as vice president of student life.
Michael T. Losquadro ’86 (B.S. business administration-management)
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Losquadro, who earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration-management in 1986, spent his career in higher education advancement, raising funds to support college students and programs.
During his career, he held top-level fundraising positions at UC Irvine, Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Dominguez Hills. He retired from the CSU Chancellor’s Office as senior adviser for campus advancement.
Losquadro and his husband, Dr. Brian C. Keller, pledged a transformational planned $1.5 million gift to benefit CSUF’s LGBTQ+ student community and business students. In recognition of their gift, the Losquadro Keller LGBTQ Resource Center was named in their honor.
Peter Mitchell
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Mitchell, a top-100 nonpartisan political consultant, is the founder of P.M. Consulting Inc. and serves as its president and chief executive officer.
Mitchell, who attended CSUF in the late 1980s and studied political science, is also the founder and managing partner of Springboard Ventures. The company focuses on investing in and supporting early-stage technology startups.
The entrepreneur and philanthropist is a supporter and alumnus of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and helped to reinstate the fraternity’s Cal Pi chapter at CSUF. He also serves on the Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation Board of Governors and is co-chair of the Advocacy Committee.
Greg Wright ’00, ’08 (B.S. biological science, M.S. biology)
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Wright, an inventor of numerous patents related to bioprosthetic heart valves, is the senior vice president of research and development for the Surgical Structural Heart Business Unit at Edwards Lifesciences.
He spearheaded the Tissue Center of Excellence and launched the KONECT RESILIA aortic valve conduit. He also co-invented and championed next-generation tissue RESILIA™ and has supported other initiatives over his 20-year career at the Irvine-based company.
Wright earned a bachelor’s degree in biological science in 2000 and a master’s in biology in 2008. He gives back to his alma mater by serving on the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics’ Dean’s Advisory Board and the ECS Innovation Hub Campaign Cabinet. He also helped establish a partnership between Edwards Lifesciences and the College of Engineering and Computer Science.